Being a rookie online player at bwin might be a bit scary but you can also cash in on all sorts of bonuses and special promotions just for new players.bwin Poker Promos:

Rookie Challenge

World Poker Tour

Daily Freerolls

Every new player that signs up at bwin (or play money players who haven't yet made their first real money deposit) gets free tournament tickets for the Rookie Challenge, which is a series of Sit n' Go tournaments that pit you against other poker rookies.
Play your way through the various stages until you're heads-up against a single opponent, with 3 tickets to real money tournaments and 3 entries to the $300 Rookie Challenge Freeroll going to the winner.

You can also qualify for the $300 Rookie Challenge Freeroll by making a real money deposit and earning 1 poker point. That gets you 14 tickets to the Rookie Challenge Freerolls, which dole out $300 in real money tournament tickets each time they run daily.
If you already have a play money account, simply use the bonus code ROOKIE to take your crack at the Rookie Challenge and start building your poker bankroll!

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If you are a true Poker player, you don't wait for any luck. Every week the $300,000 Guaranteed Sunday tournament takes place at 19:30 GMT +1 (except days when The Million runs). Bwin Poker guarantee an amazing prize pool of $300,000.
You can register straight away for $215 or play one of the daily qualifiers starting with a buy-in of 50 Points. So it is your decision if you take the easy or the hard way. Just check out the tournament tab in the poker clients now and make your choice.

BWIN Poker bonuses

BWIN Fan Fridays tournament is just one way that the bwin Poker Blog likes to give back something extra to fans, with guaranteed cash as well as extra added tournament tickets going to top finishers.

The $2.25 Fan Fridays tournament runs every Friday at 20:00 CET, and this Friday's tournament will award cash to the top finishers -- just like any normal tournament -- but as an extra bonus prize the top three finishers will each get cash plus a free $11 tournament ticket.

So be sure to sign up for Fan Fridays this week, with plenty of guaranteed cash to play for as well as free tickets that could see you joining the bwin Team for the next big live event!

Here's how to enter:
1) Open your poker software (click "Download" for the full version or "Play instantly" to play in your browser).
2) Log in using your user ID and password.
3) Select the "Scheduled tournaments" tab from the top menu in the poker client.
4) Look for the "$500 Guaranteed Fan Fridays" tournament in the tournaments list, register, and play your way to cash and added mystery prizes!

FastForward Poker is here: skip straight to the action NOW!

FastForward is the turbo-charged way to play cash games where the action is always on you. You don't like your cards? Fast forward to a new hand at the click of a button – more hands, more action, more fun!

You don't even have to wait for the action to hit you; if you don't want to play a hand, just hit the 'Forward Fold' button and you'll instantly be dealt into a new hand. Players at your table won't even know you have folded until it's your turn to act.

Tournament basics

What is a poker tournament?

bwin.com hosts poker tournaments of all shapes and sizes at all hours of the day. From daily Freerolls to marathon two-day Texas Hold'em events with $1000 buy-ins – at bwin.com, you will find a tournament to match your ambition and test your skills.

Unless you are taking part in a Freeroll, in order to take part in a poker tournament, you have to pay a fixed buy-in. The buy-in can either be a set amount or a particular type of ticket. In exchange for your buy-in you get a seat, a stack of chips and a chance to win a share of the combined buy-ins from all of the other players. At bwin.com, the amount of chips you get is generally 1,500.

To ensure the tournament has a winner, the minimum bet will continually increase as the tournament progresses. These increases mean that you must make the most of the hands enabling you to have enough chips to stay in the race and beat your opponents.

There are two basic types of tournament, Sit & Go and scheduled tournaments. A Sit & Go tournament has a fixed number of players, usually 2, 5, 10, 20 or 30, and once all the players have registered, it begins.

The scheduled tournaments are tournaments that have a definite starting time and start regardless of the number of players. They tend to have lots of players and big prize pools. You can view the available scheduled tournaments in the bwin.com Poker client in the 'Scheduled' section of the tournament lobby.

Finding tournaments

When you open the bwin.com Poker client, you have the choice to view all the available Cash Games and tournaments. Select 'Tournaments' to open the tournament lobby and view the available tournaments.

To register for a tournament, you need to click on the name of the desired tournament so that it is highlighted on the list. Then click on the 'Go to tournament' button. This will take you to your desired tournament lobby, where you can register by clicking the 'Register' button. You will be asked to confirm your registration. Once completed, you are set to play.

You can register for a Sit & Go tournament whenever you like, they are always available. Registration for scheduled tournaments usually starts one and a half hours before the tournament starts.

Eat or be eaten at poker's greatest feast!

The World Series of Poker®* is poker's biggest annual feast. Every summer, poker's kings and queens descend on Las Vegas for a menagerie of side dishes as they prepare for the main course – the Main Event. This is your chance to prove you belong at the head of the table with the rest of poker's royalty.

Win any of our Main Event Finals or Side Event Finals and you'll earn a travel package to attend the festivities in Vegas yourself. Flights, accommodation, spending money and, of course, tournament buy-in are all included.

Everyone who's anyone makes sure they graze on a few side dishes at the WSOP® before digging into the Main Event's main course. How hungry are you?

Earn points. Play for cash!

By collecting Poker Points by playing real-money poker games, you can gain access to the "$5,000 Bankroll Booster" tournament in two easy ways. And if you're a new real-money player, there is a third way. Even easier. Just for you. Once you're in, however, the gloves are off!

Direct entry!
Five Poker Points collected during the week prior to the start of the tournament will grant you direct access to the tournament held the week after.

One point qualifiers
Collect one Poker Point and you can enter any of the daily Bankroll Booster qualifiers running at 15:45 (GMT +1), 20:45 (GMT +1) and 03:45 (GMT +1). The top 25 in each qualifier will make it through to the "$5,000 Bankroll Booster".

Special entry for new playersAs soon as you have made a deposit, played your first real-money cash game hand or have entered a real-money buy-in tournament, you can take advantage of this special qualification route for thirty days. No Poker Points. No requirements. You have two shots a day. The "$5,000 Bankroll Booster" takes place at 19:45 (GMT +1) and at 02:45 (GMT +1). The top 50 in each qualifier will go through to the next stage.

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The support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by phone, fax, email and online chat to answer your questions and assist you with any technical and financial queries that you may have. Players will enjoy Bwin Poker's exciting action at all limits. The cash poker games and tournaments attract players from all over the world at all skill levels. Bwin Poker is recognized in the online gaming industry as being among the leading and most user-friendly poker sites.